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Date Processed:

02/02/2013

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Box number, Folder number and/or title, Punk Band Flyers and Posters, MSS 237, Special Collections, Michigan State University Main Library

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Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this archive, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Collection Summary:

This is a collection of 80 posters and flyers from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s for concerts of various punk bands. Most concerts were on the west coast.

Historical Background:

Punk started as a subgenre of music during the 1970s. Many of the bands practiced out of garages and produced their own records. The music was faster with a more agressive style. By the mid-1970s punk music had spread around the world. The band members in general were linked by a common anti-establishment mentality.

Punk Posters from the 1980s: Question and SLR with the Stilettos + Nonsense; don’t know Just with Doggy Style; Thought Crime presents: An evening of spoken word and acoustic-core with Wankers; 45Grave; Flipper!; TSOL plus the Return of the Sic Kidz

Preferred Citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Box number, Folder number and/or title, Punk Band Flyers and Posters, MSS 237, Special Collections, Michigan State University Main Library

Processing Note: This collection was processed by London Wilson and Leslie M Behm.